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How to Manage System Packages with yum on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage System Packages with yum on RHEL 7

How to Manage System Packages with yum on RHEL 7 Package management is one of the most fundamental skills for a RHEL 7 system administrator. The Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) is the default package manager on RHEL 7, and it handles everything from installing and removing software to managing repositories, grouping related packages, and maintaining […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 APT Lock Contention Blocks Security Updates

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 19 October 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — .NET 6.0 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — .NET 6.0 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-0079)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 October 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0079 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-21538 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Arch Linux — wireshark-cli — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — wireshark-cli — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202004-10 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11647 CVE-2018-19628 CVE-2018-19627 CVE-2018-19626 CVE-2018-19625 CVE-2018-19624 CVE-2018-19623 CVE-2018-19622  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.2.2-1. Fixed in: 3.2.3-1. Group: AVG-1129. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — luajit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — luajit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4501-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15890 Upstream summary: It was discovered that an out-of-bounds read existed in LuaJIT. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or […]

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Lesen und Einrichten von Umgebungs- und Shell-Variablen unter Linux — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Lesen und Einrichten von Umgebungs- und Shell-Variablen unter Linux

In Linux-Systemen werden Umgebungs- und Shell-Variablen verwendet, um Betriebsbedingungen für die Shell zu bestimmen. Sie können an untergeordnete Prozesse übergeben und verwendet werden, um Optionen festzulegen und bestimmte Informationen für Prozesse verfügbar zu machen, die in der Sitzung gestartet werden. In diesem Leitfaden werden wir über das Lesen, Ändern, Erstellen und Zerstören von Umgebungs- und Shell-Variablen sprechen.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gthumb — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gthumb — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 October 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5681-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18718 CVE-2019-20326 CVE-2020-36427 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gThumb did not properly managed memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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